DESCRIPTION
The Nature Explorers creates naturalist cinéma-vérité style documentary videos, audio recordings, and photographs. This documentation serves as a record of the flora and fauna species inhabiting the ecosystems during the specific time frame and can be used in the future as a reference to how the ecosystems are constantly evolving as well as the affects on them by anthropogenic activities. These ecosystem videos, audio recordings, and photographs are presented in a format so they may be used for educational instruction and testing purposes as well as scientific study of the ecosystems, therefore narrations have been left out and classical music used in the background when no natural sound is available, ultimately leaving the videos for self interpretation, individual discovery, and for professors to explain or show as examples in a classroom setting. Expeditions usually take place in an area of five square miles over 7-21 days during which time the flora, fauna, geology, weather, and landscapes of the ecosystem are all documented. The Nature Explorers do not seek out, bait, or wait for species, filming only what is encountered while exploring the ecosystem on foot.
EXPEDITION LIST:
Mojave Desert Expedition, California/USA - July 2010
South Los Padres Expedition, California/USA - July 2010
South Yosemite Expedition, California/USA - August 2010
Lassen Volcanic Region Expedition, California/USA - September 2010
Ishiland Expedition, California/USA - October 2010
Cibola Expedition, Arizona/USA - November 2010
Chiricahua Expedition, Arizona/USA - February 2011
Fossil Creek Expedition, Arizona/USA - March 2011
South Mogollon Rim Expedition, Arizona/USA - April 2011
Dark Canyon Expedition, Utah/USA - May 2011
South Flaming Gorge Expedition, Utah/USA - May 2011
Ishawooa Expedition, Wyoming/USA - June 2011
Kooskooskia Expedition, Idaho/USA - June 2011
Hells Canyon Expedition, Idaho/USA - July 2011
Umatilla Expedition, Oregon/USA - July 2011
Ochoco Black Canyon Expedition, Oregon/USA - August 2011
Mt. Jefferson Expedition, Oregon/USA - September 2011
Yolly Bolly Expedition, California/USA - October 2011
Redwoods Temperate Rainforest Expedition, California/USA - January 2012
Siuslaw Temperate Rainforest Expedition, Oregon/USA - February 2012
Santiam Temperate Rainforest Expedition, Oregon/USA - March 2012
Olympic Temperate Rainforest Expedition, Washington/USA - April 2012
Wenatchee Expedition, Washington/USA - May 2012
Channeled Scablands Expedition, Washington/USA - May 2012
Kaniksu Temperate Rainforest Expedition, Washington/USA - June 2012
Kootenai Temperate Rainforest Expedition, Montana/USA - June 2012
Bob Marshall Temperate Rainforest Expedition, Montana/USA - July 2012
Lemhi Expedition, Idaho/USA - August 2012
Beaver Dam Slough Expedition, Idaho/USA - August 2012
Uinta Expedition, Utah/USA - September 2012
White River Expedition, Colorado/USA - September 2012
Collegiate Peaks Expedition, Colorado/USA - October 2012
El Rio De Las Animas Perdidas En Purgatorio Expedition, Colorado/USA - November 2012
Amistad Expedition, Texas/USA - March 2014
Chihuahuan Desert Expedition, Texas/USA - May 2014 - May 2016